Articles tagged with "lfp"
Lens back to life in Ligue 1
By Xavier | July 18th, 2009May 17, 2008 was a day that will live in infamy for Racing Club de Lens and its many passionate supporters. Former Lens Offside blogger ...
Gréve Grève? (See Me Speaking French There? Recognize!)
By Martha | October 12th, 2008
"Strike? What strike? Leave me alone, I'm scoring goals over here!" Please help, French-speakers. I can't find anything about the threatened strike in English, and trying ...
Random Nuggets
By Inara | October 9th, 2008It's international week, so things are rather quiet on the Lyon front. Here's what's been going on: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fabio Grosso is back in training and is expected ...
Battle of the Acronyms as France Prepares for a Strike
By Laurie | October 7th, 2008Striking is as French as baguettes, and a source of much French angst and humor. When our readers were chatting recently on the France ...
Lyon Aren't Being Very Friendly
By Inara | June 27th, 2008Just the other day, the LFP published the summer schedule of friendlies for both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs. Nearly all of them will ...
Fabio Grosso Bitchslaps a Player, Plus Other Lyon Nuggets
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Fabio Grosso's week isn't getting any better. Last weekend, he was verbally abused by Strasbourg coach Jean-Marc Furlan for being a "piece of macaroni shit." ...
Grosso-Gate
By Inara | April 22nd, 2008Fabio Grosso doesn't have many admirers in France. Lyon fans don't think he's good enough for the club while non-Lyon fans don't like him because ...
Lille-Lyon Will Shatter Ligue 1 Attendence Records
By Inara | February 28th, 2008This Saturday, the Stade de France will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary, as well as France's 1998 World Cup victory. In conjunction with the ...
The Battle for TV Rights III: Ligue 1 Completely Privatized
By Inara | February 11th, 2008After months of fighting negotiating, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have finally struck a deal for Ligue 1's broadcasting rights for 2008-2012. You can ...
Fred is "Injured" and Other News
By Inara | December 6th, 2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, Fred still hasn't recovered from the slight knock to his muscle from last Friday and won't be part of the squad that travels to ...
The Battle for TV Rights II: Aulas Ups the Ante
By Inara | November 29th, 2007The last time I brought this topic up, Jean-Michel Aulas was demanding that the French league receives a substantial increase in TV rights. The current ...
The Battle for TV Rights
By Inara | September 26th, 2007Jean-Michel Aulas has a lot of jobs. He's the president and main shareholder of Olympique Lyonnais, and has been so for 20 years. He's also ...
Mangane out for three games
By Jay | September 24th, 2007Well, a bit of unfortunate news is emanating out of la Gaillete. Our new midfielder, Senegalese international Abdou Kader Mangane will miss Lens' next ...
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